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Eich</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Headshot of Brendan Eich" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg/220px-Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg/330px-Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg/440px-Brendan_Eich_Mozilla_Foundation_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Eich in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-07-04</span>) </span>July 4, 1961<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 63)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_University" title="Santa Clara University">Santa Clara University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Creation of <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> and co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a> project, <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation" title="Mozilla Foundation">Mozilla Foundation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation" title="Mozilla Corporation">Mozilla Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://brendaneich.com/">brendaneich<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92648#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brendan Eich</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">EYEK</span></i></a>; born July 4, 1961)<sup id="cite_ref-MW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American computer programmer and technology executive. He created the <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a> and co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a> project, the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation" title="Mozilla Foundation">Mozilla Foundation</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation" title="Mozilla Corporation">Mozilla Corporation</a>. He served as the Mozilla Corporation's <a href="/wiki/Chief_technical_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief technical officer">chief technical officer</a> before he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a>, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-slate_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slate-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently became the cofounder and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave Software</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eich grew up in Pittsburgh; Gaithersburg, Maryland; and <a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lohr-1996_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lohr-1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he attended <a href="/wiki/Ellwood_P._Cubberley_High_School" title="Ellwood P. Cubberley High School">Ellwood P. Cubberley High School</a>, graduating in the class of 1979. He received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in mathematics and computer science at <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_University" title="Santa Clara University">Santa Clara University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lohr-1996_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lohr-1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he received his <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in 1985 from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lohr-1996_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lohr-1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eich is <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He began his career at <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Graphics" title="Silicon Graphics">Silicon Graphics</a>, working for seven years on <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> and network code.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then worked for three years at <a href="/wiki/MicroUnity" title="MicroUnity">MicroUnity Systems Engineering</a> writing <a href="/wiki/Microkernel" title="Microkernel">microkernel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Digital_signal_processor" title="Digital signal processor">DSP</a> code.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Please provide a verifiable external source substantiating this claim (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Netscape">Netscape</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Netscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eich started work at <a href="/wiki/Netscape" title="Netscape">Netscape Communications Corporation</a> in April 1995. He originally joined intending to put <a href="/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)" title="Scheme (programming language)">Scheme</a> "in the browser",<sup id="cite_ref-Saternos-2014_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saternos-2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but his Netscape superiors insisted that the language's <a href="/wiki/Syntax_(programming_languages)" title="Syntax (programming languages)">syntax</a> resemble that of <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>. As a result, Eich devised a language that had much of the functionality of Scheme, the <a href="/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" title="Object-oriented programming">object-orientation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Self_(programming_language)" title="Self (programming language)">Self</a>, and the syntax of Java. He completed the first version in ten days in order to accommodate the <a href="/wiki/Netscape_Navigator_2" title="Netscape Navigator 2">Navigator 2.0</a> Beta release schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-Saternos-2014_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saternos-2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At first the language was called Mocha, but it was renamed LiveScript in September 1995 and finally – in a joint announcement with <a href="/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> – it was named <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> in December.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-wired2024_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired2024-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simultaneously, he designed the first <a href="/wiki/SpiderMonkey" title="SpiderMonkey">SpiderMonkey</a> engine, to execute the new language in the Navigator browser. </p><p>When Mozilla inherited the Netscape base code in 1998, it included this engine, which was written in the <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eich-2011_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eich-2011-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was then changed in JavaScript 1.5 to comply with the <a href="/wiki/ECMA-262" class="mw-redirect" title="ECMA-262">ECMA-262</a> standard.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Eich continued to oversee the development of SpiderMonkey, the specific implementation of JavaScript in Navigator.<sup id="cite_ref-Eich-2011_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eich-2011-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mozilla">Mozilla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mozilla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 1998, Eich co-founded the free and open-source software project <a href="/wiki/Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski" title="Jamie Zawinski">Jamie Zawinski</a> and others, creating the mozilla.org website, which was meant to manage open-source contributions to the Netscape source code. He served as Mozilla's chief <a href="/wiki/Systems_architect" title="Systems architect">architect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a> bought Netscape in 1999. After AOL shut down the Netscape browser unit in July 2003, Eich helped spin out the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation" title="Mozilla Foundation">Mozilla Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mozilla_Foundation-2005_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mozilla_Foundation-2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2005, after serving as a lead technologist and as a member of the board of directors of the Mozilla Foundation, Eich became <a href="/wiki/Chief_technical_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief technical officer">chief technical officer</a> (CTO) of the newly founded <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation" title="Mozilla Corporation">Mozilla Corporation</a>, meant to be the Mozilla Foundation's for-profit arm.<sup id="cite_ref-Mozilla_Foundation-2005_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mozilla_Foundation-2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eich continued to "own" the Mozilla SpiderMonkey module, its JavaScript engine, until he passed the ownership of it to Dave Mandelin in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Eich-2011_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eich-2011-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Appointment_to_CEO_and_resignation">Appointment to CEO and resignation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Appointment to CEO and resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 24, 2014, Mozilla made the decision to appoint Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-Machkovech-2014a_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Machkovech-2014a-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barr-2014b_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barr-2014b-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appointment triggered widespread criticism due to Eich's past political donations<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – specifically, a 2008 donation of $1,000 to <a href="/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8" title="2008 California Proposition 8">California Proposition 8</a>, which called for the banning of <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_California" title="Same-sex marriage in California">same-sex marriage in California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and donations in the amount of $2,100 to Proposition 8 supporter <a href="/wiki/Tom_McClintock" title="Tom McClintock">Tom McClintock</a> between 2008 and 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Machkovech-2014_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Machkovech-2014-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> initially reported that, in protest against his coming appointment, half of Mozilla's board (<a href="/wiki/Gary_Kovacs" title="Gary Kovacs">Gary Kovacs</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lilly_(computer_scientist)" title="John Lilly (computer scientist)">John Lilly</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Siminoff" title="Ellen Siminoff">Ellen Siminoff</a>) stepped down,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Baker" title="Mitchell Baker">Mitchell Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reid_Hoffman" title="Reid Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Katharina_Borchert" title="Katharina Borchert">Katharina Borchert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shankland-2014_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shankland-2014-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a> later reported that of the three board members who had gone, only Lilly left due to Eich's appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-Shankland-2014_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shankland-2014-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lilly told <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, "I left rather than appoint him", and declined to elaborate further.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 26, 2014, Eich expressed "sorrow for causing pain" and pledged to "work with LGBT communities and allies" at Mozilla.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Machkovech-2014_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Machkovech-2014-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barr-2014a_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barr-2014a-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the activists created an online campaign against Eich, with online dating site <a href="/wiki/OkCupid" title="OkCupid">OkCupid</a> automatically displaying a message to Firefox users with information about Eich's donation, and suggesting that users switch to a different browser (although giving them a link to continue with Firefox).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CREDO_Mobile" title="CREDO Mobile">CREDO Mobile</a> collected more than 50,000 signatures demanding that Eich resign.<sup id="cite_ref-Barr-2014b_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barr-2014b-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 11 days as CEO, Eich resigned on April 3, 2014, and left Mozilla after public outrage.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his personal blog, he posted, "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mozilla made a press release saying that board members tried to get Eich to stay in the company in a different role, but that he had chosen to sever ties for the time being.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brave_Software">Brave Software</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Brave Software"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eich is the co-founder and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Brave_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Brave Software">Brave Software</a>, an Internet browser platform company that raised $2.5 million in early funding from <a href="/wiki/Angel_investor" title="Angel investor">angel investors</a> like <a href="/wiki/Founders_Fund" title="Founders Fund">Founders Fund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foundation_Capital" title="Foundation Capital">Foundation Capital</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Digital_Currency_Group" title="Digital Currency Group">Digital Currency Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, the company released developer versions of its open-source, <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave web browser</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which blocks ads and <a href="/wiki/Web_tracking" title="Web tracking">trackers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Brave Software, Eich co-created the Basic Attention Token (BAT), a <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> designed for use in the Brave browser. BAT launched its <a href="/wiki/Initial_coin_offering" title="Initial coin offering">ICO</a> on May 31, 2017, and raised $35 million.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reported that Eich's comments about "the policy and science related to the coronavirus" on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> caused a backlash within the browser's user base, commenting that this echoed the criticism that led to his resignation from Mozilla.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Eich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-MW-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MW_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MW_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krB0enBeSiE"><i>Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160</i></a>, February 12, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 18,</span> 2021</span>, <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Not too much, I'm Roman Catholic, so I am not afraid of death." 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Corporation</a> </b><br />March 24, 2014 – April 3, 2014 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Beard_(executive)" title="Chris Beard (executive)">Chris Beard</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92648#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div 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